19th Century Nailsea Glass Flask c1840

Description

Heading : 19th century Nailsea glass flask
Date : c1840
Period : Victorian
Origin : England
Colour : Clear glass with white pulled up trailing
Body : Ovoid in shape decorated with white trailed swags
Pontil : Snapped and part-polished
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 178mm tall and 101mm at widest point of body
Condition :No chips or cracks. some fine scratches on the body and sooty particles within the glass itself
Restoration : None
Weight : 252 grams

References : Nineteenth Century British Glass (Hugh Wakefield) – Plate 25a.